Volunteering and ABC Trek

If someone is looking for community project along with Annapurna Base Camp trek in Nepal, it is a best way to adapt local culture and amazing experience. Nepal is multi-cultural country with about one hundred twenty castes. Different cast and community have unique custom and traditions .As you get in to the community project, Locals welcome you wholeheartedly and traditionally by offering Khada (holly silk scarf) and seasonal colorful flowers.

Furthermore, while engaging in the community project you will get involved in several activities such as teaching in school, playing games with kids, physical contribution to develop school’s infrastructures and taking adult literacy class in the community. Along with, it is great opportunity to interact with locals and one of the extra experience is celebrate Nepalese festival with locals, for example Dashain, Tihar (Light festival) Lhosar (new year of Sherpa, Tamang, and Gurung) and Holi (color festival) etc. After completing project, it will be another exciting adventure to the Annapurna base camp trek. The trek begins from altitude of 850m to 4130m. Along the way gorgeous view of above 8000m pick Annapurna I and Dhaulagiri, beautiful landscape and different flora and fauna.

Itinerary

Day 1 : Kathmandu 1350m

Day 2 : Drive to Pokhara and project site 850m

Day 3 : Project site in Pokhara 850m

Day 4 : Project site in Pokhara 850m

Day 5 : Project site in Pokhara 850m.

Day 6 : Project site in pokhara 850m

Day 7 : Project site in pokhara 850m

Day 8 : Project site in Pokhara 850m

Day 9 : Pokhara to Ghandruk 1950m

Day 10 : Ghandruk to Chomrong 2170m

Day 11 : Chomrog to Dovan 2600m

Day 12 : Dovan to Deurali 3230m.

Day 13 : Deurali to Machhapuchchhre base camp 3700m.

Day 14 : Machhapuchhre bcase camp to ABC (4130m.) and back to Bamboo 2310m.

Day 15 : Bamboo to Jhinu Danda 1780m

Day 16 : Jhinu Danda to Nayapul and drive back to Pokhara 850m

Day 17 : Pokhara 850m

Day 18 : Pokhara to Kathmandu 1350m.

Day 19 : Kathmandu 1350m.

Day 20 : Fly back to Home

Includes

All the transport by private vehicle as per itinerary.

Accommodation and breakfast in hotel as per itinerary.

Accommodation in tea house runs by local people during trek

Meal on full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) during trek in tea house.

Meal on full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) during project.

An experience trekking guide and porters.

Accommodation, food, salary, insurance and transportation to the staffs

Group medical supplies.

All necessary paper and trekking permits

Kathmandu/Pokhara/Kathmandu transport by Tourist coach.

Excludes

Nepal entry visa fee

International air fare

Travelers insurance (Compulsory)

Cold drinks, mineral water while trekking

Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu as per itinerary.

Tip to staffs.

Additional project fund.

All expenses due to unavoidable events such as personal illness, strike etc.

Detail Itinerary

Day 1 Kathmandu 1350m

Lhasso Adventure’s representative will pick you up from Tribhuvan International Airport on your arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal and transport you to our hotel. You will have some down time to rest, have showers and eat. This evening you will meet our guides for a thorough briefing over our Community Project and ABC Trek itinerary.

Day 2 Drive to Pokhara and project site 850m

Today drive to pokhara and project site it takes approximately seven hours. As you reach to project site, locals well come you by offering you Khada (slick scarf)and flowers. Then introduction to school management team

Day 3 Project site in Pokhara 850m

After breakfast project coordinator take you tour around project site to sow the work. Then go for purchasing project materials such as paints, brushes, stationeries, sports, Others materials cements, sand and breaks.

Day 4 Project site in Pokhara 850m

Today you can do multi task such as panting, making murals on wall. After lunch take class and paly with children.

Day 5 Project site in Pokhara 850m.

Carry on same task, interact with locals.

Day 6 Project site in pokhara 850m

Carry on the same task, interact to locals and play games with kids.

Day 7 Project site in pokhara 850m

Today have to finish project, focus on incomplete task to complete. And clean tools and brushes, which next team can reuse again.

Day 8 Project site in Pokhara 850m

After breakfast clean tools and brushes, which next team can reuse again. today School and community organizing farewell ceremony. Occasion of that, Chair person of the school will deliver some speech to say thank you. As well as School’s children preform cultural dance with tradition costumes, so it is great opportunity to shear your feelings, also you can performance your cloture too. After that exploring to the village.

Day 9 Pokhara to Ghandruk 1950m

After breakfast an hours and half drive to Nayapul then begin trek, it takes approximately six hours to get Ghandruk. Walk long the Modi river and trail leads uphill to Ghandruk it is a traditional village. In the locality majority people are call Guring they are an ethnic group of western part of Nepal it is great opportunity to see their cultures.

Day 10 Ghandruk to Chomrong 2170m

Today’s walk approximately six hours along the forest then have to crush couple suspension bridge after that reach Chomrong. IT is main gate way to get ABC and the night don’t miss tosee very especial cultural sow which perform by local villages every day.

Day 11 Chomrog to Dovan 2600m

After breakfast short descent and few hour ascending to Sinuwa this is the perfect place to have closest breathtaking view of Fishtail pick. As you left Sinuwa begins walk along the rain forest and reach to Dovan, it takes approximately five hours.

Day 12 Dovan to Deurali 3230m.

Today will be short walk, which is three hours along the beautiful gorge, bamboo and Rhododendron forest. One can feel altitude from here as well as weather changes dramatically in the afternoon and cold.

Day 13 Deurali to Machhapuchchhre base camp 3700m.

It is short distance Deurali to MBC but it may take little longer three or four hour because of the altitude. If you get before noon can see the spectacular view of surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

Day 14 Machhapuchhre bcase camp to ABC (4130m.) and back to Bamboo 2310m.

Today you gain height point of the whole trip so start early morning hake to the Annapurna base camp to see the sunrise. it is great opportunity to close have a view of Annapurna, Himchuli, twelve peak, Fishtail and Gangapurna peak. After ABC heading back to Bamboo it takes eight hours.

Day 15 Bamboo to Jhinu Danda 1780m

You will get Jhinu Danda in the noon it is small place top on the hill. From the tea house walk north side towards river, which might take twenty minutes then reach hot spring. After long walk, it is good to relief your pain in to the hot pool.

Day 16 Jhinu Danda to Nayapul and drive back to Pokhara 850m

Today is long and but easy walk, descending to Seuli bazar and meet a flat trail along the Modi Khola. After few hours walking get to the Nayapul and drive back to Pokhara.

Day 17 Pokhara 850m

After breakfast tour around Pokhara in those pleases, peace stupa, Bat cave, David falls

Day 18 Pokhara to Kathmandu 1350m.

Drive to Kathmandu about 7 hours Transfer to the hotel.

Day 19 Kathmandu 1350m.

Rest and relaxing day or you can buy present to your friends and families

Day 20 Fly back to Home

Today is the final day of your Community Project and ABC Trek. Our shuttle driver will come to your hotel 3 hours before your flight departure and deliver you to Tribhuvan International Airport. If you are remaining in Nepal, please let us know. We will be delighted to arrange extra activities for you in Nepal.

Dhruba Prasad Ghimire,
Club Member

Hard liner of Bahun-bad – Oli, Khanal and Nepal. Three political leaders are responssible for unrest in the country. Why these bahun leaders do not want giving rights to other communities ?

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